Books
by Senna Jetter Naslund
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Ahab's Wife or the Star Gazer |
Did Melville give Captain Ahab a wife? It doesn't matter - Naslund does it for him, creating in Una a character whose strength, wilfulness and imagination leap off the page. This is a massive novel to match its inspiration, and is full of atmosphere and character. We follow Una from her repressively religious childhood to her free thinking present as she grasps her dreams with the same determination that Ahab shows in his pursuit of Moby Dick.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 25 August 2004) |
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